For the next whole day, we stayed in the yard of Haitang's house and didn't go anywhere.
It's just a little bit better here, there's no shortage of food.
Haitang can bake sweet potatoes for a while, grill fish for a while, and make a big pot of noodles for dinner.
Shao Zilong and I, two old men, couldn't out-eat this little girl.
"Haitang, don't you have to go to school?" I put the bowl down and got up to move around.
I've been eating so much all day today that I'm a little exhausted.
"Originally." Haitang slowed down her noodle-eating movements, raised her head and said, "The roof of the school collapsed a few days ago, hitting many people, but I'm fine."
"Hey, the quality of the housing in your school is too bad. Is your school on vacation?" Shao Zilong asked.
Haitang shook his head, "School is not on holiday. They said it was all my fault and asked me not to go there in the future."
Shao Zilong and I were silent for a while.
"Damn it, what the hell is this!" Shao Zilong cursed. He probably thought something was wrong. He coughed and explained, "I was scolding your school. I really don't know what to say!"
Haitang hummed and continued to bury her face. After a while, she whispered, "I get into trouble wherever I go, so I don't blame them."
"It's okay. There are many schools. This school is blind. Let's find another one." I said with a smile.
Haitang shook his head, "I won't go, I'm not good at studying anyway."
"You're the only one who's bad at studying? Little girl, don't imitate other people's modesty!" Shao Zilong said disapprovingly, "Then tell me, what score did you get in the most recent exam?"
"The highest is thirty, the lowest is a dozen points." Haitang said.
Shao Zilong was silent for a while, "Full score of 100?"
"Um."
"You..." Shao Zilong choked for a long time without saying a word.
Seeing that he was embarrassed, I laughed and said, "This is not normal. I haven't passed the 20th grade exam since I was a child."
"Really?" Shao Zilong looked at me in surprise.
Haitang also stopped eating noodles and looked at me curiously.
"What are you looking at? It's so normal." I said dissatisfied.
"Yes, yes, actually, I'm just like that. I was just too embarrassed to say it just now." Shao Zilong chuckled and scratched his head.
When Haitang heard this, a smile appeared on her lips, and she happily held her big bowl to eat noodles.
I moved a bit, walked to the door, and took a look at the sky outside.
Shao Zilong came over and asked quietly, "Do you think there is something wrong here? How can such a smart and hard-working little girl be so bad at studying?"
"Maybe it's affected by the earth's tide." I pointed to the ground.
"Can this affect the brain?" Shao Zilong asked in surprise.
"Yes." I frowned. "Even if a normal person lives in a place like this for too long, his mood and sanity will be greatly affected, let alone someone like Haitang."
"Then you mean that if Haitang continues like this, she will become a madman even if she doesn't die?" Shao Zilong was surprised.
I shook my head, "If Haitang's parents hadn't cast a spell to calm Haitang's mind and soul, maybe..."
Shao Zilong frowned when he heard this, and turned around and asked, "Begonia, are there many... lunatics in our village?"
"Crazy?" Haitang was stunned for a moment.
"It's just that my brain is a little abnormal." Shao Zilong said.
Haitang thought for a while and nodded, "Not many, but there are some. There used to be a neighbor brother who suddenly went crazy one night and took off his clothes and ran around the village."
"What happened next?" Shao Zilong asked.
"I'm not sure. Maybe he was sent to the hospital. I haven't seen him since," Haitang said.
Shao Zilong glanced at me, his expression was a bit unpleasant, and he whispered, "What do you think of Haitang? Anyway, I really like this little girl and treat her like a younger sister."
"I understand what you mean." I nodded.
Shao Zilong hummed, "We definitely can't stay in this ghost place. We must take Haitang out, but before that, we must understand the secret of this ghost village, otherwise Haitang will still be in danger even if she gets out."
"Then what are you going to do?" I asked him.
Shao Zilong rolled his eyes and said, "I'm here to ask you a question. Feng Shui is your strong point. I see that you have been walking around the village for a long time today, so you must have noticed something."
"Not only do you have a smart nose, your eyes are also poisonous." I couldn't help laughing.
"Of course!" Shao Zilong said quite proudly, "How about it, let me know if you have any ideas!"
I took a few steps outside and said, "There's something wrong with the midwife."
"I can see this too, but what's the problem?" Shao Zilong followed up and asked.
"I think the three people who died in the past few days may have come to see the midwife." I explained.
Shao Zilong stared at me for a while and asked in surprise, "Why do you have such thoughts?"
"Do you still remember the longevity doll?" I asked him.
"Of course..." Shao Zilong said, suddenly paused at this point, "Don't you think that the longevity doll has something to do with Shimen Village?"
"It's hard to say whether it's related or not, I just thought of it through that association." I looked back at Haitang who was eating noodles in the yard, "Haitang said that everyone in their village is named Hai, and many people are born with the right side of the heart. "
"You mean..." Shao Zilong frowned, "The people in Shimen Village are probably from a family with a special bloodline?"
I'm right.
"I know!" Shao Zilong slapped his thigh suddenly, but soon realized that Haitang was still inside and lowered his voice, "So the child born may be special. Someone is eyeing the child here. ?”
"Haitang said that a newborn child died a few days ago." I added.
Shao Zilong squinted his eyes and said, "I understand what you mean. Whether a child dies young or not is not a matter of the midwife's words. This old woman can influence life and death with just a few moves of her hands and feet."
I nodded.
"So, the midwife is engaged in child trafficking, and those three outsiders came in to collect the children?" Shao Zilong suddenly realized.
I looked at him several times.
"What do you think I'm doing? What did I say wrong?" Shao Zilong was confused.
I coughed and said, "That's right."
Shao Zilong frowned and suddenly realized, "No, how do I feel..."
He took a deep breath, scratched his hair and said, "This Shimen Village is so strange, everything is weird!"
"Okay, let's rest for a while. I'll probably have to work tonight." I said.
Shao Zilong's eyes flashed, "You mean, there are still people who want to enter the village at night?"
"If the three people in front came in to pick up the children, since they didn't pick them up, they must still come."
"Not bad!" Shao Zilong geared up, "Brother, I want to see what kind of monster it is!"
